THE PRESIDENCY: Atoms for Peace (Cont'd.)

Just as Secretary Dulles is confident
of the ultimate triumph of free nations, so Dwight Eisenhower is sure
that the best way to bulwark the world's security is to divert atomic
production toward peaceful usesjust as fast as the Russians make it
safe to do so. Last week Ike's drive went forward on three fronts:

In Washington, the President and the Atomic Energy Commission's Lewis
Strauss more than doubledto 100,000 kilograms (220,000 lbs.)the
amount of uranium 235 to be made available under the Atoms for Peace
program for lease or sale at home and abroad. Of the new
59,000-kilogram allocation, to...